GLENVILLE  HIGH  SCHOOL

 

"Home of the Red Terrors"

GLENVILLE, WEST VIRGINIA

In the Heart of Wild, Wonderful West Virginia

 GHS Alumni Association Website

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Home of Glenville High School until 1956, it was located on the hill near Glenville State College.  The building was situated where there is now a parking lot, between the new Goodwin Hall dormitory and the new Mollohan Student Union Building.  The concrete stairs that led from the back door toward Rt. 33/119 are still in place. Click on the photo for a larger image.

Glenville High School, 1958 to 1968, grades 1 thru 12.  It is now home to Gilmer County High

School.   The building has been recently renovated with a new addition.  Click Here to see renovated Gilmer County High School.  Click on the photo for a larger image.

Temporary home of Glenville High School in 1956 & 1957,

while new school was being built.  Located at Gilmer County

Recreation Center, known as the "Poor Farm." 

Click on the photo for a larger image

 

 

Your 2010/2012 Alumni Association Officers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

President - David Hall  '53  Click on this to Email David

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vice President - Rodney Jamison '63  Click to Email Rodney

 

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

Secretary/Treasurer - John Gainer '68  Click to Email John 

 

 

 

 

 

GHSAA 2010 Financial Statement

GHSAA 2009 Financial Statement

 

GHSAA 2008 Financial Statement

 

GHSAA 2007 Financial Statement

 

GHSAA 2006 Financial Statement

 

 

      

                                                                                            

     Glenville High School Alumni Association Scholarships  for Gilmer County High School Seniors

2012 Scholarship Application

2012 Renewal Application

 

 

 

Harold Wilson a 1942 GHS graduate has been active for 50 years in providing recreational activities for children.  He's been a scout leader, worked at a youth camp and received the Governor's Lifetime Achievement award.  On one occasion Mr. Wilson took 57 kids on a trip to the beach.         GHS Alumnus of the Year 2011

Marion Reed a 1945 GHS graduate and a retired teacher and Gilmer County Historical Society volunteer was named GHS Alumna of the Year for 2011.  Ms. Reed was named a "History Hero" a couple of years back. She continues her service with the Gilmer County Historical Society.                                GHS Alumna of the Year 2011

 

Donations in the memory of the following persons were made to the Glenville High School Alumni Association Scholarship Fund this past year:

Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Stalnaker                    William C. Hall - GHS Teacher                 Jesse E. Bell, Jr. - GHS Principal

William F. "Bill" Boggs, III                          Frank and Della Paugh Gainer               Everett Ellison

Raymel Jones                                                John C. Lorentz                                    Lena Ruth Rymer Higgins

Jerry Martz                                                   Jack Conrad                                          Patty Jack

Orville Williams Family                                Otis Hardman                                        Jack Stalnaker

Stanley "Joe" Hall - GHS Teacher/Coach         Ruth Annabel Hull Murin                     Charlotte Hyer

Woodrow "Woody" Wolfe, GHS Teacher/Coach; & Eileen Wolfe                             Anne Lynne Hickman Lawrence

Lloyd "Bud" Huff                                        Patrick "Pat" Frymier                           Brooks and Esta Reed

Tom Reaser                                                  Oral Cunningham

Click here to donate to the GHSAA Scholarship Fund

 

 

 

 

 

Play the video below for color film of VJ Day in Honolulu on August 14, 1945

 

 

 

 

 

 

Old GHS Sport Photos - Submitted by Larry "Jake" Wolfe - Class of 1959

 

 

The Virtual Wall, Vietnam War Memorial
 

 

No Left Turns - Submitted by Richard Riddle '49

 

 

GHSAA SCHOLARSHIP INFORMATION

 

 

 

Your Alumni Association Helping Young Students

 

Did you know that in the past 11 years your Alumni Scholarship Fund has helped Gilmer County's high school graduates with financial assistance to attend college with $205,750 in scholarship awards!!?  This has enabled some students to attend college who could not have done so without your assistance.  If you contribute to the scholarship fund, we thank you, if you haven't yet, please do so, it is money well spent and will help a deserving young person to attend college.  Unfortunately, our funds are at a critically low level, please help by sending your tax deductible contribution to: 

      

 

Click here to donate to the Scholarship Fund

 

2011 - 2000 Scholarship Fund Report

 

 

GHS Alumnus/Alumna of past years

 

 

 

1960 Photo of GHS Satellite Staff visiting Charleston's TV-8

Compliments of Carol Ellison Ford

 

Just A Common Soldier, a poem - Click Here

Submitted by Bob Gainer, '59

 

Look Closer, See Me - Author Unknown

 

GHS FOOTBALL HISTORICAL STATS

 

 

More Photos of Past Reunions

GHS Senior Class Photos, 1930-1968 and a graduate list

 

Old GHS Sports Team Photos

Early GHS Sports Banquet Picture

Photo Memories & GHS Alumni Member's Articles

6th & 8th Grade Photos of GHS Class of 1956

Secondary Education in Gilmer County

 

 

 

September 1945 Issue of the Glenville Satellite Newspaper

The 1957 Christmas Issue of the GHS Satellite - Compliments of Carol Ellison Ford

Page One          Page Two          Page Three          Page Four

 

September 30, 1957 Satellite Newspaper Excerpts

 

The 1958 April Fool's Issue of the GHS Satellite - Compliments of Carol Ellison Ford

Page One          Page Two          Page Three          Page Four

 

 

Anyone who would like to share their copies of old satellite newspapers, please send them to me at 20 Cabern Drive, Hurricane, WV 25526-9327.  I will put them on the internet site and return them to you....many others can then enjoy them. - John Gainer

 

Click here for a brief history of Gilmer County

To register with the Reunion Committee and to be notified of GHS happenings and Reunion information, please Click Here and send your name, address, email address and other contact information to us! 

 Links of Interest

Gilmer County High School Titans

Goldenseal Magazine

Glenville State College

Marshall University

West Virginia University

Hur Herald Online Newspaper

West Virginia State Folk Festival

Glenville Democrat/Pathfinder Online Edition

 Speakeasy Speed Test

This web page is designed and maintained by John D. Gainer, Class of 1968, contact him at marshaljon@aol.com